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Made the loop today! Also ate a lot!

Last night, I was reading the opening story in Alice Munro's short fiction collection Runaway. As I read, I noticed an odd spelling for a word. I flagged the fact that there was an odd spelling but didn't do anything to remember the actual word. So, after reading and rereading the first half of the story numerous times, I finally found the word--dialling. Yep, dialling--the British spelling for the American (English) word "dialing." Munro is a Canadian writer and, if I remember correctly, has sent me on a similar sidetrack in other of her stories.

Yes, there is a protocol for such instances that involves the stress and number of vowels preceding the various suffixes (-ed, -er, -ing, and so forth). But, the bottom line is that it makes the American version of the words into British words, which appear to be misspelled to American readers.

Tomorrow is Palm Sunday! The day is the start of Holy Week, ending a week later with Easter Sunday--the day of the Resurrection.

It was quiet here at the home front today. All's quiet on all of the fronts!  Let it be, let it be!